In the race to replace Rep. Tom DeLay as House majority leader, one contender claims 120 votes, another 90 and the third says he has about 50. They can't all be right, since the totals claimed far exceed the 232 lawmakers eligible to vote on Thursday.

At least four dozen members of Congress pay family members for work out of campaign funds. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, has paid his wife and daughter $500,000 since 2001 to work on his campaigns. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., paid her son $130,000 over four years for campaign work.